Most popular navigation apps in the U.S. 2023, by downloads

In 2023, Google Maps was the most downloaded map and navigation app in the United States, despite being a standard pre-installed app on Android smartphones. Waze followed, with 9.89 million downloads in the examined period. The app, which comes with maps and the possibility to access information on traffic via users reports, was developed in 2006 by the homonymous Waze company, acquired by Google in 2013. Usage of navigation apps in the U.S.As of 2021, less than two in 10 U.S. adults were using a voice assistant in their cars, in order to place voice calls or follow voice directions to a destination. Navigation apps generally offer the possibility for users to download maps to access when offline. Native iOS app Apple Maps, which does not offer this possibility, was by far the navigation app with the highest data consumption, while Google-owned Waze used only 0.23 MB per 20 minutes. Usage of navigation apps worldwideIn July 2022, Google Maps was the second most popular Google-owned mobile app, with 13.35 million downloads from global users during the examined month. In China, the Gaode Map app, which is operated along with other navigation services by the Alibaba owned AutoNavi, had approximately 730 million monthly active users as of September 2022.

于2023年，谷歌地图（Google Maps）成为美国下载量最高的地图与导航应用程序，即便它在安卓智能手机上为标准预装应用。紧随其后的是Waze，在考察期内实现了989万次的下载。这款集成了地图功能并可借助用户报告获取交通信息的应用程序，由同名的Waze公司于2006年开发，该公司于2013年被谷歌收购。在美国，截至2021年，不到十分之一的美国成年人使用车载语音助手进行语音通话或遵循语音指示前往目的地。导航应用程序通常为用户提供下载地图的功能，以便在离线状态下使用。苹果公司（Apple）的本土iOS应用Apple Maps不支持此功能，却是数据消耗量最大的导航应用程序，而谷歌旗下的Waze在20分钟内仅消耗了0.23MB。在全球范围内，导航应用程序的使用情况在2022年7月，谷歌地图成为谷歌旗下最受欢迎的移动应用程序第二，全球用户在考察月内下载量达到了1,335万次。在中国，由阿里巴巴（Alibaba）旗下的AutoNavi运营的高德地图（Gaode Map）应用程序，截至2022年9月，拥有约7.3亿月活跃用户。